Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature

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Painting Borges SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture ——————— Jorge J. E. Gracia and Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, editors Painting Borges Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature ‫ﱸﱷﱶ‬ Jorge J. E. Gracia Cover art: León Ferrari, El inmortal (The Immortal), 2003, 59" × 19.7" × 19.7", acrylic, ink, wire, and plastic flowers, vines, and cockroaches Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2012 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Eileen Meehan Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Gracia, Jorge J. E. Painting Borges : philosophy interpreting art interpreting literature / Jorge J.E. Gracia. p. cm. — (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture) Includes bibliographical references ( ) and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-4178-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4384-4177-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Art and literature. 2. Art—Philosophy. 3. Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899–1986—Themes, motives. 4. Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899–1986—Illustrations. I. Title. P53.G64 2012 700.1—dc23 2011025286 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ‫ﱸﱷﱶ‬ . . . good readers are poets as singular, and as awesome, as great authors themselves. Jorge Luis Borges, Preface to the First Edition, A Universal History of Iniquity, 193 ...